Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
THE UTE OUTBREAK

Kendall Heard From-aw.;ts,
n1orcements-Settlers FIocking {
0or-Iro0ps Going to the Front-A
OPanion ON the Present Difficulty,
DkNvER, Col, Aug. 17.-Sheriff Kendall
mas nnaily been heard from through Va
User, inc courier sent out by Adjutant
1eneral West. He found Kendall nea
sne Inornberg battle ground, where he ha
oeen deserted by part of his men, leavin,
nun only fifteen. His horses are worn on
with hard riding. He sends for reinforce
menfs and shows no signs of falling back
none OF bis men were killed in his Skin
mish with the Utes, although one had hi
horse shot from under him.
The settlers about Meeker are locking in
there in large numbers. The Utes are re
ported coming from their reservation IL
large numbers, and a messenger has beer
sent to Fort Duchesno for cavalry. There
are none but colored troops there, fol
whom the Indians have the utmost con
tempt. General West is urging the Gov
ernor to forward troops at once, and
one company of cavalry left Denver last
night for Gypsum by rail within twenty
miles of Glenwood springs. Cavalry from
Aspen, Colorado Springs, Canon City and
Leadville have also been ordered to get
to Glenwood Springs as quickly as pos
sible. These troops have orders to assist
the sheriff in serving his warrants, but as
the Indians are inclined to resist this
With force of arms, it is equivalent to a
declaration of war against Colorow's
band.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Mr. R. H.
Sylvester, of the police department, who
was secretary of the Ute Commission of
1881, referring to the present Ute Indian
outbreak, says: sit grows out of the dis
foIt NV rrvs%I h.
settlement of their difficulties several
years ago. Prior to 1879 a hue and cry
was raised by Colorado settlers against
the Utes, who then held some of the finest
lands west of the mountains. They wanted
the land, and wanted to GUST the Utes at
any cost. So they appealed to Congress,
and Congress passed the bill providing for
a treaty. A commission was sent out
and the Utes were given choice of GER
tain lands in Southern Utah and
as bonus to induce them to accept the
situation were granted certain annuities.
Colorow (who, it is alleged, is making the
present disturbance) was one of the first
of the Utes to express dissatisfaction with
the effort to deprive the Utes of their rich
lands. The Utes were, however, finally
removed, driven from their fine lands at
the point of the bayonet, and settled in
Utah upon an arid desert lava-bed tract.
Colorow resisted all the time. He would
not stay, but returned to western Colorado
with sixty braves and their families. He
used to go to the agency, however, when
the annuities were distributed and claim
his share"
Since !es9, Mr.. Sylvester says, Colorow
has been adding to his following from the
dissatisfied Utes of different tribes. He is
a warrior and will die fighting. Colorow,
MIR. Sylvester believes, took part in the
frighthh Meeker massacre at the White
River agency. Among his associates was
Captain Jack, who, when a prisoner, was
ordered to leave his tent, and upon his re-
dusal was blown out of the tent and out of
existence at the same time by a mountai
howitzer. Colorow and his men, Mr.. Syl-
wester says, are good fighters, and are
supplied with excellent arms. In the lava
beds they could resist a large body Of
troops for a long time.
Colorow used to visit Denver often, and
on one occasion went to Governor Nc
Cooks Office and became rather insolent.
Governor McCook solved the Indian ques.
zion right there. He kicked Colorow out
his office and down a fight of stairs
. INTO the street.